Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267341 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10109
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This study investigates the influence of gender composition on allocation decisions involving a rank–inequality tradeoff. In a laboratory experiment, participants chose to either alleviate inequality by relinquishing their current relative rank or exacerbate inequality by maintaining their current rank. Two essential features of the experiment are: 1) participants' relative rank is the outcome of their real-effort performance and luck; 2) participants' genders are naturally revealed by gender-specific nicknames. We found that female participants are more reluctant to relinquish their current relative rank when the persons ranked below and above them are of the opposite gender. This tendency was less pronounced in the male participants.
Subjects: 
gender composition
positional concerns
preferences for redistribution
last-place aversion
perception of luck
JEL: 
C91
D63
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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